Brazil

Had a long weekend in Sao Paulo last weekend and WOW! I left last Thursday and took today off of work for the long 4 days Easter holiday weened. Had a killer AirBnB centrally located in the 9th largest city in the world. As I alluded to, I went to see Eddie Vedder in concert. …

Well I made it! Sorry for the delay in letting you know I made it safely to Brazil. The city as I flew in. Pulling up to the terminal. I went to Florianópolis for New Years weekend. HUGE Island full of 42 beaches. Alex and Mariella are a couple I hang out with. Alex is also…

I have had a string of serendipitous events that I have to share. First off, the morning of pack out I awoke to my clock on the wall that had stopped dead on midnight. The battery had expired my last night in the condo. It was a sign to say as if: your time is…

Time is flying by and I am not doing a great job of updating this blog. But in the last month I was sworn in as a Foreign Service Officer by Ambassador Tom Shannon (who was the acting Secretary of State while Sec. Tillerson was awaiting Senate confirmation), done area studies to include Brazilian studies…

This is the day anyone who starts this journey, waits for. An NFL draft is the only thing I can equate it to. Minus all the money of course. But before I write about the flag portion of this day, I have to say this day started out with us taking a trip to Langley,…